Out in Thailand August 2012

AUGUST 2012

GUIDES & MAPS TO: BANGKOK, PATTAYA, PHUKET, CHIANG MAI & KOH SAMUI

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Features 8 Cover Story : A Body of Art 14 Music in Thailand Part 5: Classical Music in Thailand 18 Exiting Hong Kong is not all shopping 24 Vulnerable Teens 26 Was Vincent van Gogh Gay ?

32 Out in Print : Imagining Gay Paradise 36 Bash Helmet

Out Every Month 4 Inside Out 6 Out Post 7 Shout Out !

38 Venture Out 40 Out on TV 42 Out at the Movies

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44 Ask Darika 46 Out at the Doc’s

Out in Thailand guides, listings & maps 48 Out in Bangkok 58 Out in Koh Samui 62 Out in Chiang Mai 70 Out in Phuket 78 Out in Pattaya 4

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Tear your eyes off all those perfectly formed Olympic bodies and let them wander through our August issue, which features the special work of gay Thai artist, Dejborbee Choosrichom, in his first major interview and keeping with the theme, a look at the gay life and death of Vincent Van Gogh by Galen Garwood, which is sure to grab a headline or three.

Congratulations to Steve in Bangkok who won our Bangkok off the Grid competition and to Scott in Pattaya who won our James Mitchell competition- your prizes are on the way guys!

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COVER STORY

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He is punctual for our meeting. I struggle to pronounce his name. “Please call me Choo,” he says with a heart-melting smile. There is no particular way an artist should look but they really should not look like him. He is ruggedly handsome with a honed and buffed body that is an obvious testament to many hours of dedicated iron pumping in the gym. Though he says that he has not been working out since the Bangkok floods last year, when his ample muscles were well employed as a volunteer in the relief effort.

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Choo was born in the north east’s, rustic Chaiyaphun, the son of a rice merchant family. He says that his childhood was ideal and filled with happiness. Like many gay Thais, the subject of his sexuality was never discussed with his family: “They know I am gay. We did not need to talk about it. No problem!” After a three-year stint at art teacher training college, he spent thirteen years teaching at primary schools but was not happy with the government system and became a private tutor.

Now he designs web sites. He is a terrific photographer. And he paints. “I have been painting for as long as I can remember,” he confides, with a wistful smile. “I am only truly happy when I am painting and most of my canvasses have been given away to friends.” His heroes include the French Impressionists and Thai artist, Suchart Wontong, famous for his depictions of landscapes and architecture. Nevertheless, Choo has a style that is all his own.

His beautifully executed acrylic pictures are almost exclusively of the male form.

Many are nude but none are lewd. They are emotive and erotic, throbbing with an attractive and undeniable masculinity. Facial detail is minimised with bodies that express vigour or vulnerability.

There is a power and depth present in the strong colours, suggesting a manliness that is both strident and proud and there is an ever-present honesty that is irresistible.

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But he refuses to define his style or put himself in any category. “I love to travel,” he says, “and visited Asia, Europe and Australia, where I absorbed many and varied art forms.” These broad influences have produced a painter of importance, though Choo’s modest attitude would suggest otherwise.

Unsurprisingly, he is often asked about his models. Surprisingly, he has none.

“They are self portraits,” he admits with 12

a slight but maybe disingenuous, blush, “mostly taken from photographs. I am not shy about that!” And the future? “I have no boyfriend so I am free to travel more and I want to experiment with different styles of art.” Whatever the future holds for Choo, there is more than a suspicion that this artist’s time is now.

You can see more of Choo’s exciting work at www.canvaze.com

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Classical Music in Thailand

By Jai Pee

Musicologist Jai Pee explores the classical music scene in Thailand, the fifth article in a series of six.

Whether you are staying just a few days or a few months in the Kingdom, finding out when and where there are classical music concerts, recitals or even operas is no easy task. And yet there is plenty of good quality music out there but the publicity for events leaves much to be desired.

In order to help you locate any forthcoming events, I will list the names of the main orchestras, impresarios and venues where you can visit their websites – adverts or any previews in the English version national newspapers tend to be very last-minute (sometimes on the day of the concerts etc itself). Worse, these papers rarely carry any information of classical music events outside Bangkok which in my view is pretty poor journalism. Oh well, on with the listings!

One of the major forces in the promotion of western classical music in Thailand is the author and Maestro Somtow Sucharilkul. Somtow has had many years abroad writing books, musical compositions and working with orchestras before his return to native Thailand over 10 years ago. He is the founder of the Bangkok Opera and the Siam Philharmonic Orchestra. There are regular per14

formances of his own works and those of other composers (he is half-way through presenting Wagner’s Ring Cycle and just over half-way through a complete cycle of all of the Mahler symphonies, for example), many of them given at the Thailand Cultural centre. To find out more, visit his website on www.somtow.com and look at the menu ‘forthcoming events’. The Bangkok Metropolitan Opera company offers recitals and the occasional opera – visit www.ibycusthailand.com for more information. Also worth a visit is the Siam Society website to see what concerts and recitals are being held there. Conveniently located just a stone’s throw from the Asoke underground station, the website is www.siam-society.org The Princess Galyani Vadhana Institute of Music is currently under construction and with completion estimated in about 2 years, it will be a major force in the celebration of both Thai and western classical music. The Princess, who died in 2008, was the current King’s elder sister. She was interested in all types of music and drama, especially classical music by master composers. She began listening to this type of music when studying in Switzerland in her younger days.

She had always studied piano at home

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with her younger brothers, but only intermittently as she had very little time to practice. In 2004, concerned about the lack of interest in promoting classical music by both governmental and private sectors, Her Royal Highness established a Fund for Classical Music Promotion of which she became President. The fund supported classical music and related activities, provided assistance to Thai musicians to study, and promoted competitions and concerts both in Thailand and internationally. She also supported the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and the Chulalongkorn University Symphony Orchestra, and was the patron of the Bangkok Opera. Her presence on the classical music scene was ubiquitous.

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by Silpakorn University and concerts and recitals are already being held under the Institute’s name, website www.su.ac.th and then access the Faculty of Music for events and other information. Other universities such as Mahidol University Music School (www.music.mahidol.ac.th) Chulalongkorn University (www.chula. ac.th) or Payap University in Chiang Mai (www.music.payap.ac.th) offer regular concerts, recitals and seminars.

The D and M Music Studio in Bangkok run by Khun Mongkol arranges a series of concerts and recitals throughout the year, in Bangkok and elsewhere in the Kingdom. Their website is: www.dmmusic.org If you are in Chiang Mai, email Khun JP on kirklandjpthai@yahoo.com to see whether the group ‘Friends of Music Making in Chiang Mai’ have any recitals or other events while you are there.

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It is also worth emailing Howard Graves in Chiang Mai who runs a fortnightly opera screening in his apartment on a giant screen (hcgincnx@gmail.com) And finally if you are in the Pattaya area, the nearby Silverlake Winery and grounds are subject to some beautiful concerts and festivities – www.silverlakethai.com So there we are – rather a matter of potluck than decent planning I am afraid – but if you visit some of these email addresses or websites just before your visit, you might well strike lucky and be treated to some glorious music, which will remain with you for a long time! Good luck!

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EXCITING HONG KONG IS NOT ALL SHOPPING!

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Hong Kong has so much to offer in its 426 sq. miles. Did you realise that 42% of its area consists of country parks? Or that it has more than 200 islands?

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Once through Immigration formalities at Hong Kong, the platform for the Airport Express is just a minute away. This fast train takes you to Hong Kong with a short stop in Kowloon in 23 minutes.

After dumping your bags at the hotel, quickly head for the Star Ferry. These old two-class ferries make crossings every few minutes between Hong Kong and Kowloon. Everyone should take the ride twice, both going towards Hong Kong: once in the evening when the island is lit up like a jewel, and once in the daytime. With its steep peaks, imposing skyscrapers (including I.M. Pei’s wonderful geometric Bank of China Building) and

narrow shoreline, the island is one of the world’s great harbour sights, on a par with Sydney and Rio. At 8:00 each evening, watch the spectacular light show from the Kowloon waterfront.I suggest first exploring Hong Kong Island. In doing so, remember that this bustling hub of business and commerce was quite literally a “barren rock” back in 1841 when the British first arrived. By the end of the century, much larger chunks of what we know today as Hong Kong had found their way into British hands. In 1997, though, all was finally handed back to China. Britain’s centuries as a colonial power had all but come to an end.

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Head for Central district. You’ll soon see the few colonial era buildings that have survived the developers’ bulldozers. Close to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel is the old Supreme Court building with Norman Foster’s iconic HSBC headquarters towering behind. Just a short walk away in Hong Kong Park is the delightful Flagstaff House, once the headquarters of British military commanders and now the Museum of Teaware – well worth a quick visit.

Right in front of the Mandarin Oriental is Jardine House, a tall office block with entirely circular windows. When this was built in the mid-1970s, a design fault resulted in windows constantly ‘popping’ out. It was quickly nicknamed “The House of a Thousand Arseholes” – or so legend has it!

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soon leave the hustle and bustle of the CBD and see a part of Hong Kong that is slowly vanishing – the old spice shops, shops open to the street, tea shops, Chinese medicine shops.

Take a taxi back to Central and the Peak Tram terminus on Garden Road. This is another “must-do”, the 120-year old cable railway that takes you almost to the top of Victoria Peak. But it’s very touristy up there. Once at the top, for the best view you should walk further up. Turn right as you exit and you’ll see a narrow road going up at quite a steep angle.

Walk up 100 meters or so. After rounding the sharp right turn, there on your right a little further up is the full panorama of Hong Kong – minus the tourists!

If you still feel adventurous, continue up to the top where there are great views over to the islands to the south and west.

Back in Central, you are close to Admiralty. Here is one of the main shopping

malls – Pacific Place. But unless you are flush with cash, be warned. This is high-end boutique territory where you will need a credit card - or three! So, avoid it! Instead, hop on the excellent MTR subway for the short ride to Causeway Bay. Here are several department stores, lots of small trendy shops, plenty of eateries – and seemingly half the planet.

On another day, go by bus or taxi over the island to Stanley. With flag-fall of HK$20 (the exchange rate is fixed at US$1=HK$7.8), taxis are plentiful, except around the shift-change times of 10:00 am and 5:00 pm. Stanley boasts a famous market (rather tacky now and not many bargains), plus some nice little restaurants. You can swim here, too, if you wish. But for swimming, you may prefer a beach on the way back from Stanley: Middle Bay, a small mostly gay beach located between the famous Repulse Bay and South Bay with changing facilities (cruisy) and a café. On Sundays

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One of the difficulties for first time visitors to Hong Kong is orientation. So consider taking a short harbour cruise, ideally one that will take you around the west and the south of the island. If the weather is good, a sunset cruise with cocktails is especially pleasant.

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Vulnerable Teens

Kenneth Dobson

An extensive survey of LGBT teenagers in the USA has produced upsetting statistics that verified the lack of security and acceptance gay and lesbian youth handle in America. Compared to heterosexual youth our little brothers and sisters are nervous and troubled by their status. This is their biggest concern, even more than grades and finances.

This is not surprising news, but it was noteworthy how big the difference was between the gay and the straight kids.

We know that teenagers are vulnerable.

It’s a formative time of life. If young people feel threatened by conditions that are inescapable, they are apt to make counter-productive and self-destructive choices. That, arguably, is a more pressing matter than the headline issue of samesex marriage. It is a paradoxical thing: on the one hand, young adults today are the generation most accepting of sexual diversity in modern history, and at the same time, the ones in need of acceptance increasingly feel the lack of it. This paradox complicates dialogue. When we say, “The gay kids feel endangered,” the response comes, “There never has been less danger.”

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So, are the LGBT young people just paranoid?

Statistics say the danger is real. The killings go on. It is the perception that the danger is going away that is misleading.

The bullying and suicides persist. The poll reported that one third of US families with gay and lesbian children cannot accept them (whatever that means in practical terms). Clearly this will not yet be the generation where all this goes away.

At the national level, this has been politicized. The Democrat President has risked his political future by affirming same-sex civil rights. It was big news.

The Republican contender then made news by being very clear about his willingness to deny those rights in order to gain political support. Nobody can be sure how consistent either candidate or their party will be when actual votes come in Congress. This is an election year in the USA. Is it going to be all about the economy once again? If so, the hot politics about gay rights will soon fade. In any case, politicizing this will not help our young brothers and sisters sleep more soundly.

boy died after being “outed”. It didn’t make big news; you had to read the Thai newspapers carefully to see it.

Those of us in the OUT in Thailand communication loop come from many countries. There is diversity among us about diversity. The USA is not the cultural arbiter of the world that many Americans think it is. Neither is Thailand the standard-bearer. My proposal is that the right to brag goes to whatever cultural group is most sincere about including its most vulnerable populations with full measures of dignity and respect.

So, are the LGBT young people just paranoid?

Meanwhile, on the social networking side of the communication systems, the big hit was going to the little four-year-old who electrified his church in mid-America by getting up in church and singing, “Ain’t gonna be no homos in heaven.”

Somebody got it on digital video and it’s all over the Internet. It would be an understatement to say that the congregation was supportive. I cannot begin to express my anguish at how this child is being manipulated and exploited. I’m also sure the little boy’s testimony and the elders’ reaction did nothing to reassure closeted gay and lesbian brothers and sisters that they would be equally well received to get up and sing, “We’re out and we’re proud.”

Here in Thailand we feel exempt and remote from all this. However, in Japan the issue of bullying and intimidation is being taken with deadly seriousness. That’s a little closer to home. A Thai school25

Was Vincent Van Gogh, one of the most exciting artists of all time, gay?

And was he murdered because of it?

OUT iT investigates with this WORLD EXCLUSIVE

By Galen Garwood

van Gogh

Wind At The Edge of the Heart During the spring of 1967, I happened upon a science magazine that featured a story about a new French invention. It described a weapon that used infrasonic sound waves to emit varying degrees of intensity and could cause vomiting, fainting, seizures, and even death. The scientists had discovered these ultra-low frequencies in the prevalent winds of southern France, known as the Mistrals.

As a student of painting and music, I had no interest in weapons. I was under the spell of the French Expressionist, Vincent Van Gogh. Perhaps it was the tragedy of his life ending so young. What other artist looms so large an archetype of a suffering, creative genius? I read everything I could, including the letters he wrote, most of which were to his brother Theo.

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There were numerous letters to and from others about him, particularly the French painter Paul Gauguin, who briefly lived with Vincent in Arles, France.

in my opinion, it was a combination of everything - the absinthe, his upbringing, genetic imprints, and his environment, i.e. the winds.

I had stumbled upon the clues to my own Rosetta Stone. No one has ever given a precise reason for Van Gogh's journey into madness and ultimate suicide. When he was treated in 1889, two doctors diagnosed epilepsy - seizures consisting of acute mania with sensory hallucinations.

However, there is no indication that he suffered from epilepsy prior to his arrival in Arles. Others have long argued that his daily intake of absinthe drove him over the edge. Absinthe is a strong alcoholic drink made in part with a hallucinogenic ingredient called wormwood. The latter is the stronger candidate but

In a letter to Theo, Vincent recounted that when he arrived in Arles, as he was getting off the train, a man getting on the train advised him to return to wherever he came from because the people in Arles were a bit strange. This is not unusual. Similar behaviour has been reported in other areas where extreme winds prevail over long periods, causing anxiety and depression among local residents.

Van Gogh did not cut off his entire ear.

He merely sliced off a portion. Some say the helix, the upper part of the external

ear and some say the lobule-what we call the ear lobe. In any case, doing so, and his general anti-social behaviour in the small city of Arles, prompted the good citizens to lock him up in the insane asylum at Saint RĂŠmy. During his recovery, he asked permission to leave for the day to paint in the countryside. During his time in Arles, he would spend hours each day struggling with 'plein air' painting, his easel staked to the ground and his canvases tied to the easel to prevent the mistrals from toppling everything over. In this case, as he was mostly recovered, the asylum allowed him a day pass. During this long afternoon of painting, the winds came up fiercely. Later that evening Van Gogh became distraught and set about drinking his painting turpentine.

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Vincent van Gogh - selfportrait

Vincent's suicide cannot be attributable to any single event, yet the poetic imagery imbued in the possibility of the artist dismantled by the winds is irresistible. It isn't a great leap of imagination to see the mistrals appear in the paintings- the swirling energy found in the application of pigment. As if he were hearing the un-hearable as anything he could see before him. Did he sense the destructive force of the winds? What poignant irony that he tried to cut off the organ that helps sound enter the brain and shape mental perceptions.

When Vincent was released from the asylum, he went to Auvers-sur-Oise, twentyseven kilometres northwest of Paris and was under the care of Doctor Gachet.

Within months, it is generally held that Vincent went to a small wooden shed, shot himself in the heart, collapsed, revived and returned to the Ravoux home 28

in which he boarded. He died the following day. The daughter of Monsieur Ravoux, Adeline, wrote an account of the event some years later. However, buried in the original published letters, there is an account indicating that he shot himself in the groin. How can this be reconciled? One plausible explanation: the date, 1890, the final decade of the Victorian era, a period of enormous prudishness. Anything sexual was taboo. If Vincent's wound had been in the groin, it would not have been discussed or divulged. According to Vincent's statement, as he lay dying, when he revived from shooting himself, he tried to find the gun to finish off the job, but could not.

The gun was never found. In her account, Adeline suggested that Vincent did not commit suicide; that, in fact, he was murdered. Even without medical knowledge, one could suppose that a man shot in the groin might survive longer than had he

Paul Gauguin - selfportrait

been shot in the heart. Had he intended the heart, he must have missed by some degree. If it was a groin wound, why?

There has long been a belief that Van Gogh was gay. While there is no evidence to prove this, there is no evidence to disprove it. We do know that he was enormously fascinated with painter, Paul Gauguin. After Gauguin left Arles, he wrote to a friend that on two occasions he woke in the middle of the night to find Vincent standing above his bed. When he asked what Vincent was doing, Vincent turned and fled the room.

Adeline writes, "That Sunday he went out immediately after lunch, which was unusual. At dusk he had not returned, which surprised us very much, for he was extremely correct in his relationship with us, he always kept regular meal hours.

We were all sitting on the cafe terrace, for on Sunday the hustle was more tir-

ing than on weekdays. When we saw Vincent arrive, it must have been about nine o'clock. Vincent walked bent, holding his stomach, exaggerating his habit of holding one shoulder higher than the other. Mother asked him: “M. Vincent, we were anxious, we are happy to see you to return; have you had a problem?"

He replied in a suffering voice: "No, but I have..." he did not finish, crossed the hall, took the staircase and climbed to his bedroom. I was witness to this scene.

Vincent made on us such a strange impression that Father got up and went to the staircase to see if he could hear anything. He thought he could hear groans, went up quickly and found Vincent on his bed, laid down, knees up to the chin, moaning loudly. ‘What's the matter, ‘said Father, ‘are you ill?’ Vincent then lifted his shirt and showed him a small wound in the region of the heart.

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Father cried: "Malheureaux, [unhappy man] what have you done?"

‘I have tried to kill myself,’ replied Van Gogh.

“These words are precise; our father retold them many times because for our family, the tragic death of Vincent Van Gogh has remained one of the most prominent events of our life.”

Clearly the young girl saw Vincent come in, bent over, holding his stomach and in great pain, but she did not accompany her father to the bedroom and only relies on her father's words as to the location of the bullet wound. Thus, history has recorded it.

Here remains an unsolvable mystery. Did he take his own life or was he murdered?

We have no idea where he went or who he might have seen. His neural highway shattered from infrasonic sound waves and his sexual coding mean little in the shadow of his monumental genius and what he left us. On the other hand, it does no harm to muse upon any mystery or the possibility that Vincent ended his life because he could not find a way to express what is most fundamental in human nature- his sexual identity.

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Societies and their cultural skins have changed remarkably in some ways from that prurient time. The 20th century ushered in radical changes: nuclear weapons, television, fast food and the great sexual revolution, witnessed in the 1960’s. Many believed that out of these winds of change a paradigm would rise.

Something more lasting with a greater understanding of the fabulous panoply of humanity and a deeper well of tolerance for racial differences, religious and nonreligious beliefs, and sexual expressions.

What came seems short-lived.

In the last few months, a number of young gays have committed suicide and many more suffer from brutal teasing and physical abuse. Their sexual blueprint is given by the grace of nature, yet many are choosing death rather than suffer unwarranted shame and from the pain of ignorance and intolerance.

Are we doomed to devolve? Our cultural trajectory is never linear and seems weighted by anxiety, doubt and fear; history reveals how mythical are men's wings. Whenever the winds come up, I think of Vincent, toiling in his solitude beneath the intense sun, wondering what his paintings might have been like had he not gone south and wondering too, what more immeasurable gifts he might have left us had he not died so young.

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OUT INT IN PR

Kenneth Dobson reviews the new book by Gary Atkins,

‘Imagining Gay Paradise: Bali, Bangkok and Cyber-Singapore.’

Gary Atkins has attempted to conceptualize the evolution of the homosexual identity in South East Asia over the past century. He studies the contributions of several key individuals, HM King Vajiravudh, Rama VI of Siam, the German painter Walter Spies who immigrated to (and transformed) the island of Bali, Khun Tok, the owner/creator of “Babylon” in Bangkok, Stuart Koe, founder, creator and CEO of Fridae.com of Singapore and Darrell Berrigan, editor and then owner of Bangkok World newspaper. The amazing thing is that Atkins has exceeded even this impressive goal.

He has written an impeccably documented academic study that also reads like a mystery thriller or almost like an exposé. The book is at the same time a historical study, a social-cultural commentary, analytical biography, and gay study.

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If there is criticism to be levelled at the book, it is mild. Atkins occasionally strains unnecessarily in his attempt to tie the events and personalities together; or the more serious charge that Atkins misrepresents his main theme, the imagining of masculinity in South East Asia between 1910 and 2010 as the attempt to “imagine gay paradise”. He actually studies both those topics, but the counter-current that sweeps and swamps his characters is the issue of the image of masculinity that was being developed in the region and the challenges to that image that his characters mounted. It is this culturally dominating masculine development that emerges repeatedly, which propels the story and unifies it. The antagonist in this still-unfinished mystery of how we survive as gay and lesbians in South East Asia, is finally unmasked. That is Atkins’ major achievement in this book, and we should be grateful to him for it.

Atkins documents how the contest is between the “triple supremacy” of romantic, monogamous heterosexuality and the “triple taboo” of imprecise gender, cross-race sex (leading to racial blending), and cross-age sex. It was against the tyranny of the triple supremacy that the king, the painter, the builder, and the cyberist contended. But the excitement is in the details.

HM King Vajiravudh not only attempted to expand his father and “western civilization’s” definition of what it is to be a man, but he nearly precipitated the end of the royal household in the process. Of necessity and prudently, Atkins’ account of this is muted, but he still presents the clearest and most empathetic description of the controversial king’s efforts in print today. Anyone who wonders, “What was the King all about?” need search no further to get a lens with which to unscramble the central issues.

The other major portrait is of the gay artist Walter Spies who moved to Bali to escape the stifling re-emergence of the mass-man, as envisioned by J. J. Winckelmann and the National Socialists. In Bali Spies found an alternative model and it inspired him. He tried to find his own niche in Balinese culture, far back out of the way of the missionaries and the colonialists but ran foul of the triple taboo. A net began to entrap him with charges of cultural defilement, meaning he espoused an alternative to strict, Calvinistic heterosexual monogamy, one that was actually native to Bali, relaxed and natural. World politics and world events caught up with Spies, but Atkins makes it thrilling.

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He implies it was a combination of family influence and luck.

Against similar formidable odds, another young gay entrepreneur in Singapore also succeeded in creating a space for gays to develop a new definition of masculinity, one that the Singapore government repeatedly labelled countercultural. In the rigidly controlled social milieu of Singapore even the right to assemble as gays and lesbians was limited and attempts to push the limits were short lived. Nevertheless, Stuart Koe, who called himself S2 (pronounced “Stu”), exploited the one area that the government was most loathe to control, cyber-space.

By developing a web-based enterprise at the optimum time, by keeping it non-

Walter Spies

With the death of Spies at the beginning of World War II Atkins leaves Indonesia behind. The transformation of Bali is hardly mentioned again until the Jihadist bombing disrupted paradise sixty years later. Atkins segues into the contemporary era. Lacking a (fifth) central character who tried to develop a gay environment, the bridge between the pre-war and post-war period is symbolized by a shorter account of the life and the effects of the death of Darrell Barrigan. This triggered an ironic homophobic tirade in the Thai press that was a precursor to a still more suppressive environment under Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

That forms the background for the enterprise of Khun Tok, whose family name At34

political and by preventing pornography, S2’s Fridae.com became a forum for thousands of Singaporeans, far more than expected. And then S2 invited them to a dance. That, too, was a huge success, and it pushed the government into a confrontation, not of the type that Thaksin’s henchmen carried out in Bangkok (raids and closures), but much more bureaucratic and Singaporean: refusal to grand permits.

Atkins says in his “Prelude”, “What unites the four men is that each sought a home that could not be contained within the triple supremacy, and so each had to create something new…a different definition of manhood.”

Stuard Koe

kins’ insists is rarely mentioned because it is so long that Khun Tok does not want to impose on foreigners to pronounce it. Khun Tok was an architect at heart and by training and he used his skills to develop what has been called the world’s best gay spa. Atkins informs us that Khun Tok’s intention was to provide an environment in which Thai gay men could learn civilized behaviour and sophistication. At the same time, Babylon I and then Babylon II became symbols of alternative masculinities and ran counter to PM Thaksin’s reforms to reassert the supremacy of the big man, the winner, the boss, namely Thaksin and his group.

Atkins does not tell us just how Khun Tok managed to continue to do what he was doing when countless others failed.

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Mountain Biking in Northern Thailand

By Adam Preston

With good modern infrastructure and well-preserved national parks, Thailand is a great destination for cycling tours both on and off road. Experienced cyclists have been bringing their own bikes here for years but today there are plenty of professional, experienced cycle companies with well-maintained bikes and a wide range of different cycle tours available.

Whether you are looking for the adrenalin rush of a downhill slalom or cultural experiences with Northern Hill Tribes, there is no doubt that cycling can take you away from the mainstream and into surroundings that are more natural.

Tours of 2-3 days or more are great if you have the time (some companies have tours up to 10 days) but you will be surprised what a different world you can experience in even one day. Often, only a few minutes away from a major tourist site or main road, you will find a completely different way of life. Unnoticed when you speed by in motorized transport, local people continue traditions in the fields and villages.

Northern Thailand is the mountain biking capital of South East Asia. With its rugged landscape, mountains, jungles, and 38

hill-tribe villages, there is a wide variety of tours to meet the interests and abilities of different types of travellers. The now famous Hill Tribes migrated from Burma and China to escape oppression in their homelands. They settled into the mountains that run between Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai and over time they created elaborate trails that lead from village to village. These trails are perfect for mountain biking.

Some fascinating routes are available for people with 2 or 3 days to spend. Two of the most famous routes in this area are around Chiang Dao and from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai. Both offer back road trails with little traffic where you can cycle through spectacular limestone mountains, along the scenic Mae Kok

River and through scenic villages like Mae Salak. Most companies will have support vehicles meeting you at strategic points along the way. Some parts of the journey may be covered by road and there will be the chance to swap out a damaged cycle along the way.

If you only have time for a day trip and looking for the ultimate adrenalin rush then downhill mountain biking may be your thing. But be warned, because you are going downhill does not mean it is easy! Make sure you choose a reliable professional company that has For people looking for a one-day tour the well maintained bikes and professional Mae Sa valley north of Chiang Mai is protective gear. Doi Suthep-Pui National favourite destination for cycle tour com- Park on the western edge of Chiang Mai panies. The area is well known for its el- is 1,600 meters above sea level. The ephant camps, orchid and butterfly farms mountains are known as the best in Thaiand other tourist attractions, but a cycling land for downhill riding. The single- and trip will take you outside this mainstream. double tracks here take you through forThe scenic valley is surrounded with lush est covered slopes with great views of forest and mountains, plus some refresh- Chiang Mai. Some of these trails are ing waterfalls. Routes here are a mixture not so tough and can be enjoyed by ridof off road trails and small paved rural ers who prefer a relatively smooth flow. roads makes and if you think it all sounds Others are strewn with rocks, ruts, roots, too easy – there are a few hills to climb jumps and drops of different sizes meant along the way! to challenge the most hardcore riders.

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The Pros of Con BBC Entertainment (True Vision ch. 149) excels with the slick and stylish drama/ comedy, ‘Hustle’. Master con man, Mickey ‘Bricks’ Stone (Adrian Lesterremember him in Primary Colours?) and his team of trusty tricksters - Albert Stroller (Robert Vaughn- The Man From Uncle), Ash ‘Three Socks’ Morgan (Robert Glenister) and Emma and Sean Kennedy (Kelly Adams, Matt Di Angelo) target London’s rich and greedy with their grifting skills as they practise the "long con". Snappily edited, highly polished and ingeniously plotted with more twists and turns than a snake on a mountain road, how does the show overcome the old TV maxim that crime cannot be seen to pay?

The team adhere to the credo "you can't cheat an honest man". All of their marks (grifter’s jargon for victims) have some kind of illegal activity in their pasts or are just plain nasty and deserve to be relieved of their cash. So rather than being grubby crims, our heroes are robbing Robin Hoods whose crafty capers amuse us and bemuse the marks. The show, which has now run for eight seasons, frequently breaks the fourth wall and uses cutaway scenes shot in a different style from the rest of the show. In several episodes the team appears to "stop time", 40

interacting with other characters that are frozen in place, discussing the con either with each other or even with the viewer.

The technique demonstrates how the main characters manipulate the world at will, as opposed to the marks who are oblivious to what is going on.

Each story amounts to a confidence game played upon the audience through use of misdirection and hidden plot details that are cleverly revealed at the dénouement. Not all the team’s cons are successful and some episodes focus on the

swindlers dealing with the consequences of their actions. However, even if a con does fail, our heroes usually come out on top in some way or other. In addition to one long con, each episode features a number of short cons played on members of the public, which demonstrate the seemingly endless array of tricks professional con men possess and the ease with which short cons are executed.

It’s terrific telly and a major Hollywood studio is developing a big screen treat-

ment that could elevate it to the heights it aspires to with it’s small screen gloss and glamour that has already seen the BBC cashing in with lucrative US licensing of the product which frequently features famous London landmarks. Adrian Lester leads with charm and good looks while veteran Vaughn applies transatlantic appeal. This is one to watch but don’t confuse it with the endlessly repeated, ‘The Real Hustle’, a hidden camera stunt show inspired by this original.

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ACTING STRAIGHT: TAB HUNTER

By Brian Baxter

No one could deny that the legendary – and gay - talent scout, Henry Willson, had an eye for, well, talent. He discovered Roy Scherer and with the help of the powerful – and gay – producer Ross Hunter, turned him into Rock Hudson. Willson brought pretty girls and prettier boys to the studios and one of them was 18-year –old New Yorker, Arthur Kelm.

He was renamed Tab Hunter, in part because it was deemed necessary to keep tabs on the hunky teenager and maybe in tribute to the famous producer. Adding insult to injury, they dubbed him The Sigh Guy since so many female admirers sighed and swooned over the good looking, well- built actor. Since this was the illiberal 1950s, his many male admirers doubtless swooned in private.

They could do that easily since Hunter featured on the cover of countless fan magazines and even, famously, shirtless on a glossy book, devoted to stars and models. What you won’t find is mentions of his career in reference books, such as David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary of the Film. A pity since he deserved more recognition.

It’s explicable for several reasons. Tab suffered from his name, the early publicity and no doubt his looks (and possibly gayness) which seemed to destine him 42

for flimsy roles and flimsier costumes. In fact, he enjoyed a long career in movies, occasionally on stage and frequently on television, including his own show in 1960. Among his memorable stage roles (though not for the right reasons) was opposite Tallulah Bankhead in Tennessee Williams’ The Milk Train Doesn’t Stop Here Anymore. It ran for five performances on Broadway. He acted frequently on the lucrative dinner club circuit but reputedly did not enjoy it.

His screen debut was also inauspicious.

Given a tiny role in the tough film The Lawless (1950), his one line was cut before release. It was not until 1952 that he attracted real attention in a location made British film, Island of Desire.

Dressed in a loincloth throughout, he was obliged to make goo-goo eyes at an older actress, until she leaves him for a one-armed pilot. Forgotten today, it led to his subsequent fame until Troy Donahue nudged him out of the fan parade.

He continued to work regularly notching up some 200 television appearances and many films, the most famous of which was Damn Yankees (1958) based on the hit Broadway musical. He got top billing and the role partly as the result of several successful recordings, including Young Love (1957) which topped the hit parade. Sadly most of the movies were in less prestigious work, but he showed how good an actor he could be in some westerns and in Sweet Kill (1973), where he played a psychotic gym teacher: a performance possibly indebted to that by Anthony Perkins in Psycho.

Two years after he and Glaser met in 1983 they produced the spoof western Lust in The Dust, starring drag queen Divine, who had also been his co-star in Polyester. This was a successful debunking of his earlier image and showed if nothing else that he was free of earlier shackles. He followed this a few years later with his autobiography, Tab Hunter Confidential, covering not just his decades as an actor, but his tough early life, thanks to an abusive father and his stint – aged 15 - as a Coast Guard.

He and Perkins enjoyed an affair over a period of years and it is sweet to note that a 1992 film, Dark Horse, which Hunter co-wrote and co-produced with his long term partner Allan Glaser, features Hunter in the role of ‘Perkins’.

Movie history does not record his other liaisons, but he was great friends with actor Roddy McDowell, well known as the greatest gossip in Hollywood.

It is one of the very best of the tell-all Hollywood bios and he and Glaser, who live in Montecino, California, are in pre-production of a documentary-biopic inspired by the book. Hunter is planning to narrate. Let’s hope it gets made. Based on recent film ‘history’ programmes in which the (now 81 year old) actor has appeared it could be an illuminating and touching work.

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ASK KA DARI

anything in your life until you stop indulging in self pity and channel your energy positively. Mum also said “Behind very successful man there are other successful men.” You do not seem to have any kind of team on your side. Find a business partner who shares your vision and can contribute some capital. Or find a smart manager who can run the place so you get a job that pays well.

Auntie Darika answers your questions about love and life. Please contact her at: darika@out-in-thailand.com. You can also find more helpful advice on her website: www.askdarika.com Dear Darika, Recently I wake up every morning and ask myself what I have done with my life.

I am in my early sixties and have been in Thailand for about three years. After frequent holidays here, I sold my restaurant, and moved here. I opened a cafe, which has not been successful. I am nearly out of money, am having trouble holding on to a troubled relationship. Since I work around the clock every day I have not made many friends. I have feelings of hopelessness and despair. I admit that I have considered suicide. For various reasons, not the least of which is the economy, my life is likely to be just as bad should I return home. As I fall deeper into this malaise, I feel less confident about 44

solving my problems. Please, Darika, point me in the right direction.

Gentle Reader, Darika chose your letter because many foreigners may be in the same boat. My mum used to say (or maybe I read it in a fortune cookie), “When your bread is stale, make toast.” In other words, look at your situation objectively and change your strategy. You may have the makings of a success story. You are obviously well educated, which required effort and discipline. You have experience in your chosen field. You have invested your money in a business that has all that anyone might need to make it a success.

You are not going to be able to change

Darling, you need to get a life if you want things to change. If you have a rotten relationship and no friends it is because you are putting more into your business than you are into people who can stand by you. Writing a letter to an opinionated old drag queen is not a substitute for sharing your feelings with people close to you. Start with your boyfriend and beg him for his support. That might help turn your relationship around. Once you stop isolating yourself you will begin to get the ideas and support you need to turn your business around. I think you can do it if you call an end to the pity party.

Dear Darika, My company moved me from our office in Hong Kong to Bangkok a few months back. I am having a great time making new friends. I am youngish, good looking and love fun, so I manage to attract a lot of suitors. I have come to be curious about something. It’s silly, really, but is there some cultural tradition for guys to shave their pubic hair?

be a lot of fun for someone else to do the shaving for you. Sooner or later big bushes will be back in style and you can be at the forefront of the world of pubic fashion by going au natural.

Darika, I’m 63 and dating a guy who is twentytwo. He is affectionate, sweet, and does not ask for anything. He uses me as a sex toy, which I enjoy. The only problem is, he has nothing to say. A bit of dinner conversation would be nice. To be honest, I am afraid to introduce him to my other friends because they might think I am robbing the cradle. But I really like the guy and do not want to end it. What to do?

Lucky Reader, Thank your lucky stars that someone finds a man of your maturity a sex toy. Social skills are acquired through experience.

He did not learn how to treat you like a sex toy from reading comic books.

Perhaps he sees that you are a gentleman and wants to learn from you. For heaven’s sake do not deprive him of opportunities to enjoy socializing with your friends. It is vital that you treat him as a peer, not a trophy. If he feels comfortable, he will learn quickly. When it comes for you time to meet your friend’s social circle, I suspect I will hear from you again, since this could present greater challenges.

Dear Curious, It’s merely fashion, dear. Go with the flow and ask one of your new friends to help you join the fashion parade. It could 45

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Care of tattooed skin

By Doc John

Tattoos are becoming more popular but sensible precautions should be taken when getting a tattoo.

too or years later. A change also could be a sign of skin disease. Skin cancer can develop in tattooed skin.

Many tattoo removal kits are available online but be careful: some kits contain acid, which can permanently disfigure the skin. Dermatologists often remove tattoos with lasers. It takes many treatment sessions to remove a tattoo and some cannot be completely removed.

After you have been inked, apply sunscreen every day before going out. The ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun fades some tattoo inks. To protect your skin and your tattoo, apply a sunscreen that offers: Broad-spectrum protection against UVA and UVB rays, SPF 30 or higher and is water resistant. Apply the sunscreen 20 minutes before going out. With yellow or red tattoo inks, some develop an intense sunburn-like reaction. If this happens, protect your skin by covering it with clothing before going outdoors. Stay out of tanning beds and away from sunlamps they fade tattoos and increase your skin cancer risk.

If you have a skin reaction or see your tattooed skin changing in any way, see a dermatologist. Your skin can have a bad reaction to the ink in a tattoo. This can happen immediately after getting a tat46

Do not tattoo an area that has moles.

There is no evidence of increased cancer risk but a tattoo can make it more difficult to see the earliest signs of skin cancer.

Melanoma, the deadliest skin cancer, can begin in a mole. This deadly skin cancer has a high cure rate only when caught early and treated.

CITYGUIDES LISTINGS +MAPS

GUIDES & MAPS TO: BANGKOK, PATTAYA, PHUKET, CHIANG MAI & KOH SAMUI

OUT in Bangkok If you like buzzing big cities, Bangkok is for you! Public transport, taxis, tuk-tuks, buses and motorcycle taxis are plentiful. There are many markets, glitzy malls, beautiful temples and museums, as well as the bars and shows for which the city is famous. The Sathorn/Silom area forms the core of Bangkok’s central business district and is home to a number of embassies. Silom Road offers shopping opportunities, including the Patpong Night Market. Silom is most popular with English speaking visitors and has the most popular venues catering to gay tourists.

Bangkok is the gay capital of Asia. Most visitors go to Suriwongse, Silom and Sathorn Road. Santuary Spa by A is an elegant place to be. A feature among many massage spas, which include Lomchoey Massage and The Prince’s Men’s Spa, is the relaxed atmosphere. Balcony Pub is a popular watering hole and if meaty muscle guys get you hot, head for The Tawan Bar. Up2 Salon and Cutey & Beauty will make you beautiful! Bangkok Babylon is a popular landmark and nightowls party at DJ Station. The Malaysia Hotel is also a favourite. For a magnificent and sparkling cabaret show, watch out for The Playhouse, coming to Bangkok soon.

College-aged Thai men and business professionals go to Ramkhamhaeng (Lamsalee) and Kamphaeng Pet Road.

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Thai-for-Thai culture with different rules to those in Silom. They are not money boys nor looking for foreigners to date. It is worth a trip here if you just like to watch or have a date already. Soi 89/2 draws thousands of university students, working professionals, and those that just like a good time. The most popular places are Club 9 Café, ICK Pub, See Men, Crazy Dance Club, and Lamsalee Dance Pub. Although it is probably 98% Thai, the foreigners are welcome as long as they remain polite. It is an insult to proposition a patron with money! Visit The Podology Centre for a full range of medical footcare.

For all the venues, check out our maps and listings and www.out-in-thailand. com

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026.915.769 to 779 1 Bantai Spa www.bantaispa.com 19 Baan Kluay Massage 023.776.000 Bars & Pubs 8 Big Beach Sauna 084.908.8484 6 Chakran Sauna www.chakransauna.net 026.682.392 26 Blue Club 027.322.360 2 Cruising Sauna www.gthai.net/dejavu 27 Door Dance Pub 026.915.980 15 De Ja Vu Sauna 026.184.505 11 G Star Pub www.g-starpub.com 3 Farose 1 Sauna 026.184.505 18 ICK Lamsalee www.ickbkk.com 13 Farose 2 www.freedom-massage.com 8 Ka Daejung 026.915.76 to 79 14 Freedom Massage 022.863.348 11 Ratchada www.ratchadasoi8.com 7 GM Massage www.handsomemassage.com 18 See K Dance Club www.seekdancepub.com 9 Handsome Massage 25 Hercules Sauna www.herculesbkk.com Cabaret & Show Bars 4 IMA Spa Liberty Garden Hotel 022.785.018 21 Private 22 Spa www.private22spa.com 10 Golden Dome 026.928.202 12 RuanRubRong Spa 029.381.226 24 SK Studio Spa www.skstudio19.com Karaoke 22 Torpedo Sauna & Spa www.aboutg.net/torpedo 23 Troy Sauna www.troysauna.com 20 Meeting Karaoke www.ickbkk.com 5 39 Underground Sauna www.siamout.com/39 6 V Club Massage 022.793.322 Restaurant & Cafés 17 Whitehouse Spa 027.343.183 16 X Men Massage Delivery 081.376.9344 8 The Beach Residence 026.915.769 to 779 u = Out in Thailand Award Winner

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OUT in Koh Samui J

Jungle covered hills, secluded beaches the perfect tropical island get away for gay boys. Kick back; recharge in spas, lounge around villa pools, beach walks, sip cocktails in a beach bar and sparkle on the balmy evening party circuit. Gay life on Samui is smaller, less exuberant than most other Thai destinations, still there is plenty happening.

The center of gay day/nightlife is along Chaweng Beach Road. At the north end, opposite Nora Beach Resort, is Emerald Green Mens Club focused on high quality massage and body treatments. Opposite Akyra Resort is Tropical Fah Samui & Cafe/Bar massage, drinks, snacks, event evenings & Rainbow Scuba & Tour agents. Top Ten restaurant opposite lyara Resort serves Pacific rim cuisine while Otaru Sushi has reasonably priced sushi.

Near Solo Bar is K Club & Together Massage drinks, take away staff and massage. For ladyboy/gay Cabaret shows, check out Starz Cabaret and Moulin Rouge. While Green Mango and Sweet Soul mixed disco/bars are still popular with gays, ARK Bar on the beach - pool, food, DJ’s - is a trendy haunt for gays in a young, international, mixed crowd. South Chaweng, opposite Trade Winds Resort, is Mekkala Men Spa & The Site Bar rejuvenating massage and evening drinks and Hard To Forget massage, opposite Centara Beach Resort. Above Chaweng Lake is 58

- dress for it - Q Bar dance club & food.

Chaweng Food Market is famed for low cost, Asian & Western no frills restaurants. The original Mekkala Men Spa is near Big C in Bo Phut is restful, Tropical Garden Lounge Resort and charming Fisherman’s Village for beach side restaurants and their Friday evening Walking Market. Saboey Resort and Villas is set in a Bangrak beach side tropical garden. Further around in Choeng Mon is Saiwon Mens Spa massage then back towards Chaweng, opposite Karma Resort, Banyan House Coffee Garden & Restaurant. On the other side of Samui, Nathon has many restaurants. Close by, the swanky, Euro glam Nikki Beach Samui poolside Sunday brunch party is a must for gays and young cool straights – take Speedos’.

For all venues, check out our maps and listings, www.gaykohsamui.net www. gay-samui.com and www.out-in-thailand. com

077 414 419 082 289 4831 (THA/ENG) 089 798 5832 (ENG/GER) 14/65 Moo 2, Bo Phut, Koh Samui

To Saiwon Men’s Spa

27

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Accommodation

To Fisherman’s Village Bophut

17 Banyan House. B&B www.banyanhousesamui.com 19 Mana’s Home. B&B 081.899.1767 27 Saboey Resort and Villas 077.430.450 31 The Dinky Rock 077.310.710 22 Tropical Garden Lounge Resort 077.332.200 21 Wonderworld Samui. B&B 086.553.3802

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www.ark-bar.com 077.414.419 www.nikkibeach.com/kohsamui www.qbarsamui.com www.mekkalamenspa.com

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Restaurant & Cafés 17 Banyan House Cafe & Restaurant 077.247.982 3 Chaweng Food Market www.gaykohsamui.net 23 Fisherman’s Village. Many Restaurants 5 Otaru Sushi 077.601.222 2 Top Ten. Pacific rim/Asia food 077.230.235 4 Fah Samui cafe/bar 077.414.419

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Sauna ⁄ Massage ⁄ Fitness 1 Emerald Green Mens Club. Spa 087.814.2260 28 Hard to Forget. Massage 084.528.2391 8 Together Massage 086.948.3111 20 Mekkala Men Spa 1 www.mekkalamenspa.com 12 Mekkala Men Spa 2 & bar www.mekkalamenspa.com 30 Saiwon Mens Spa 086.845.7917 4 Tropical Fah Samui. Spa 077.414.419 u = Out in Thailand Award Winner

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077 414 419 082 289 4831 (THA/ENG) 089 798 5832 (ENG/GER)

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Chiang Mai

OUT in Chiang Mai C

Chiang Mai is known as ‘The Rose of The North.’ Steeped in history, this ancient capital of the Lanna Kingdom is renowned as the cultural capital of Thailand, nestles in bucolic beauty and is blessed with a milder climate than most Thai holiday destinations.

Try the superb La Fourchette and Chez Marco (both French) and Prego (Italian & Thai) restaurants inside the moated, old city walls and the inviting Yokka Dok Bar/ restaurant. Just outside the wall is the excellent Miguel’s mexican restaurant. Mandalay Disco is a favourite with night owls.

The two main gay centres are outside the moat. The Chang Pueak area, north of the moat is where you will find Adam’s Apple Club- sensational show and a collection of beautiful guys. Across the road is Lotus Hotel & Garden Bar, the first gay hotel in the city and an established Chiang Mai institution. On the Changpueak Road, The Circle Pub has hunky guys on stage. Gemini Massage has regular promotions and is recommended. Ram Coffee & Bar is set on the river, close to the Nawarat Bridge.

Nimmanhaeminda and Santitham have some of the most expensive real estate outside of Bangkok and a hip and happening scene of bars. Check out Sangdee Gallery & Cafe and on Huay Kaew Road, you will find the excellent Soho Bar and Guesthouse who serve incomparable New Orleans food. For a work out or chill out, 62

go to The House of Male, from midday to midnight with pool, steam room, gym, private rooms, bar and food. Tuesday and Thursday are ‘Buddy Nights’- very popular with students from the local university.

Nearby is the long established PJ’s Place guesthouse, renowned for sweet and personal service, as well as the new Mansfield Residence. Club M Karaoke is a favourite. Santitham is not far away, with many new eateries, guesthouses, bars and coffee shops.

On the east side of the city, on the bank of the River Ping, Club One Seven has superb accommodation, bar, sauna, pool and gym in a complex comprising two traditional Thai teak houses. For a great massage and more go to The Blues Club. In San Sai you will find The Podology Centre, specialists in medical foot care.

For all the venues, check out our maps and listings, www.radchada.com and www. out-in-thailand.com

Accommodation

43 Club One Seven 60 Come On Place u2 Lotus Hotel 75 Mansfield Residence 12 PJ’s Place Hotel & PJ’s Tours 76 Qi 68 5 Santitham Guesthouse 34 Seven Suns Guesthouse 16 Soho Bar & Guesthouse 41 Souvenir Bed & Breakfast 33 The Rachamankha

053.274.317 73 Ao Framing 053.279.373 29 Independent Travel 053.904.705 053.215.376 58 The Podology Centre 089.633.8586 053.410.458 40 Sangdee Gallery & Café 053.894.955 053.404.894 59 Suprakrit Printing 053.404.427 qi68.webs.com u18 The Playhouse 053.410.671 053.406.449 44 XS and JK Solutions 053.271.474 053.814.325 72 ZII Condom www.ziicondom.com 053.404.175 053.206.165 Restaurant & Cafés 053.904.111

Bars & Pubs 53 Cosmos Cafe & The Bottle Shoppe

www.cafecosmoscm.com 30 CU Bar Night Bazaar 2 Garden Bar 053.215.376 25 Glass Onion Bar 053.218.479 31 Kampangmuang Gallery 084.803.4265 2 Lotus Hotel 053.215.376 62 Marina 3 Metro Bar 053.220.380 30 Milky Way 57 Ram Coffee & Bar 084.501.2224 6 Sabaidee Santitham Restaurant 089.951.4554 30 Secrets Bar Night Bazaar 15 Pern’s and Darling Wine Bar 053.215.010 16 Soho Bar & Guesthouse 053.404.175 39 The Whitehouse Bar & Restaurant 30 Twin Peaks Night Bazaar u54 Yokka Dok 053.449.529

Discos 68 Chalerm Krung 17 Discovery Nightclub u35 Mandalay Disco 67 Monkey Club 69 Tawan Daeng 24 Warm Up Disco

10 Circle Pub 9 Free Guy Club 8 New My Way 74 See Man Pub

053.220.380 053.214.996 www.freeguy-club.com 053.404.361 053.218.241

Karaoke 11 Barocco Karaoke u14 Club M Karaoke 66 Relax Karaoke 49 Sofa Boy Karaoke

21 Beccofino Trattoria 053.226.590 56 Chez Marco 053.207.032 2 Garden Bar 053.215.376 38 Kampangmuang Gallery 084.803.4265 u52 La Fourchette 053.277.482 64 Lemontree Restaurant 053.222.009 2 Lotus Hotel 053.215.376 70 Miguel’s Cafe www.miguels-cafe.com 65 Nae Nae Restaurant 13 Nimman Kitchen 053.895.199 16 Perns Restaurant 053.215.010 71 Prego Restaurant 081.882.7466 50 Radchada Garden Café 053.219.524 6 Sabaidee Santitham Restaurant and Bar 088.591.4554 16 Soho Bar & Guesthouse 053.404.175 1 Spirit House 084.803.4366 4 The Crystal Restaurant 053.872.809 28 The Gallery Charernras Road 053.248.601 26 The House & Ginger Restaurants 053.419.011 39 The Whitehouse Bar & Restaurant 13 West Restaurant 080.497.9398 54 Yokka Dok 053.449.529

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36 2 Brothers Massage 32 Classic House Massage 43 Club One Seven 7 Gemini 48 His Club Massage u23 House of Male 22 Marspa Massage 37 My Artist Spa 27 Mystic Orient Massage 46 One 2 Come 47 Relaxation Massage 19 River House Massage 37 Sanctuary Spa & Massage 63 SpaTacus – Spa for men 45 The Blues Club Massage 42 Victory Massage u = Out in Thailand Award Winner

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Phuket is one of the world’s most exciting gay playgrounds with a fabulous variety of things to do. Phuket has many beaches- some hidden away and is a popular international tourist destination and we recommend you to use a gay (friendly) tour company and our guide to find your accommodation.

Situated in the centre of the Paradise Complex Gay Scene

Sundowners Bar & Guest House

We have a selection of cocktails, beer, wine and champagne Ground Floor: Bar, Terrace Bar, Pool Table, Complimentary Wi-Fi Second Floor: Air Con Sports Bar, covered Terrace Bar

Sundowners Lounge & Guest House The epicentre of gay life on Phuket is Patong Beach, largely concentrated in the aptly named Paradise Complex. The main gay venues are on the exit road out of Paradise Complex. Sundowners Lounge Bar & Guesthouse with Le Bistro has a 10% discount for ‘frequent fliers’.

Fongkaew Mansion & Baan Nang Fa Guesthouse is ideally located, near to all the fun, along with Aquarius Guesthouse & Sauna and Adonis Guesthouse. The Backstage now has two venues; this one serves good Thai fast food and coffee and has a good cabaret show. Jochen’s Residence has beautiful budget friendly rooms. The disco at Boat Bar is a favourite with many visitors and locals alike.

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Outside Paradise Complex, there are some gay and gay friendly venues worth the visit. Among them, Phuket Travel Company, Loveli Boutique Guesthouse and Siam Hotel are just 75 metres from Jungceylon Mall. The recently refurbished Club One Seven guesthouse with their friendly helpful staff and restaurant, excellent coffee corner and bar is a Phuket icon. The Backstage has retained their old location for private parties and karaoke nights, reservation only. The Minotel is just 3 minutes walk from Patong Beach.

CC Bloom’s Hotel and Centara Grand Beach Resort are close to Kata & Karon Beaches and Phuket Fantasea is a major attraction. For all the venues, check out our maps and listings and www.out-inthailand.com

Thai John and Staff invite you to the Sundowners Lounge.

Comfortable furniture with soft background music.

Our Menu offers a selection of over 50 cocktails, fresh fruit shakes, Beer, Wine by the bottle or glass and champagne.

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The Minotel offers 20 comfortable and air conditioned ensuite rooms in the centre of Patong. Its just 3 minutes walk to the beach or to the Paradise complex.

All rooms have a fridge, cable TV and free wi-fi.

19 Sawasdirak Road, Patong Beach, Phuket 83150 Tel & Fax (076) 296654 Email info@minotelpatong.com Website www.minotelpatong.com

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Pattaya has a bustling, vibrant scene 24 hours a day. Shopping starts at sumptuous malls- Central Festival, Royal Garden, Mike’s Plaza and The Avenue. For the Movies, cinemas abound. For dining, there’s a range of restaurants suiting all tastes and budgets.

In the daytime, you can play at the gay beach at Jomtien. Dong Tan Beach. The Jomtien Complex has a variety of gay bars, restaurants, and hotels. Pattaya Hotmale is your one-stop info and cafe centre. The Venue is the flagship hotel, and cabaret show bar, with regular new spectacular shows. Spilia Karaoke at Ganymede Hotel & Sauna and P2 Lounge are worth a visit. Mata Hari is an excellent eatery and, not too far down the road is the luxurious Baan Suoy Resort.

The longest established gay area is Boyztown. Here, and in the adjacent Pattayaland, you can find a selection of 25 establishments. The illuminated sign of Boyztown is the adopted logo for Gay Pattaya. Boyz Boyz Boyz is the oldest and original male gogo bar in Pattaya and their show is a “must see”. In Soi 78

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The Sunee Plaza area, with around 50 assorted establishments, is the largest of Pattaya’s gay nightlife zones. It’s a vibrant and energetic area with lots of fun and enjoyment on offer, whatever your tastes.

The Corner Bar and New Sawadee Boys are popular and very friendly venues.

For a massage go to Relax at Me 1 & 2 , both located on South Pattaya Road.

Get away to Koh Samed for a paradise island break. Ferries, private hire and speed boat taxis from Ban Phe will take you direct to Ao Phai Beach. For all the venues, check out our maps and listings and www.out-in-thailand.com

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